Jason Sudeikis to produce comedy about revitalizing Detroit, because that’s a joke
Detroit is a city crying out for relief. Economic devastation and urban blight has ravaged the soul of this once-thriving metropolis, turning it into a shorthand expression of America’s ugly descent into third-world conditions amid the prosperity of its wealthiest citizens. As a longtime Detroit homicide detective says in a recent bestseller about the town which puts the word “autopsy” right in its title, “It’s a dead city. And anybody says any different doesn’t know what . . . he’s talking about.” So naturally, it’s ripe material for comedy. And Deadline reports that Comedy Central is finally taking advantage of this laugh-a-minute premise by picking up Detroiters, a 10-episode series produced by Jason Sudeikis.